In an admirable move, Ortega then decided to give away his entire earnings to the fighters on Team Volkanovski. Explaining the motivation behind his decision, Brian Ortega said:
Take a look at the young fighters being overwhelmed by Ortega’s generosity from the six-minute mark of the video.
Brian Ortega beat Alexander Volkanovski in a closely contested game of Cornhole to earn $10k. Cornhole is a popular backyard drinking game where the objective is to throw a corn kernel-filled bag into a 6-inch hole cut into a tilted platform.
Brian Ortega had a tough childhood
Brian Ortega grew up in Los Angeles, where his father had moved as an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, followed by his mother shortly after. Things went wrong for ‘T-City’ early in his life and he ended up spending some time in jail. Worse still, Ortega’s two sisters were fighting methamphetamine and alcohol addiction.
Since his parents toiled on an everyday basis to keep them afloat, Brian Ortega did not get much family time as a child. While he has no complaints, Ortega acknowledges the hardships he faced early in his life. Speaking of his upbringing in the Los Angeles projects, ‘T-City’ said in an interview with MMA Fighting:
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